Different Looking Gleaner F
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Topic: Different Looking Gleaner F
Posted By: JimWenigOH
Subject: Different Looking Gleaner F
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2019 at 9:00pm
Saw this machine this past week. A person wouldn't want to travel on asphalt very far.  |
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Posted By: DennisA (IL)
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2019 at 9:01pm
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Looks like it was once owned by the Amish ------------- Thanks & God Bless Dennis |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2019 at 12:06am
| rice combine? |
Posted By: mdm1
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2019 at 4:37am
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Maybe Mennonites? ------------- Everything is impossible until someone does it! WD45-trip loader 1947 c w/woods belly mower, 1939 B, #3 sickle mower 1944 B, 2 1948 G's. Misc other equipment that my wife calls JUNK! |
Posted By: Allis dave
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2019 at 6:24am
| Owner got tired of fixing flats. |
Posted By: HD6GTOM
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2019 at 6:49am
| I saw a 170 in Jeff City Missouri with "tires" like that. Somebody must make them. |
Posted By: CrestonM
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2019 at 8:08am
| I believe it is either Amish or Mennonite people that use those. I’ve seen a few pictures of farm equipment with wheels like that, even something as big as a Gleaner R7 once. |
Posted By: JoeO(C-MO)
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2019 at 8:09am
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Yeah, steel belted! They don't do well on pavement either!
I have a pair for a D17 or 170, turns those Locust thorns when brush hogging ------------- D10 III, D15 II 3 pt, D15 II SC, 170 Gas w/shuttle, 175 Diesel UI ROPS, 185 w ROPS. AC 653 w/6 way blade, ROPS AC 615 Ind. WD45 running/Parts. |
Posted By: bleeds orange
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2019 at 5:00pm
| Hey Jim what did you buy? Where was auction? |
Posted By: JimWenigOH
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2019 at 8:47pm
| This was at Gene's Recycling near Attica, OH. I guess it had been owned by a Mennonite. |
Posted By: wekracer
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2019 at 9:31pm
| Mennonites around here even clamp flat steel to their rubber track skid loaders. They say it is to prevent them from driving to town. Good people. Strange practices. Hard to argue results. |
Posted By: Billoh
Date Posted: 01 May 2019 at 7:53pm
| We have them close,they can buy brand new combines,put steel wheels on.They have roads along the road in their fields to travel. Mansfield Ohio area. |
Posted By: mdm1
Date Posted: 01 May 2019 at 8:12pm
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Mennonites have what they call different stripes. That is what they call different groups within the Mennonite community. Each group has somewhat different rules on what they can and cannot have. ------------- Everything is impossible until someone does it! WD45-trip loader 1947 c w/woods belly mower, 1939 B, #3 sickle mower 1944 B, 2 1948 G's. Misc other equipment that my wife calls JUNK! |
Posted By: Dan Hauter
Date Posted: 01 May 2019 at 9:08pm
| I've seen somewhat modern tractors with similar steel wheels near Kalona, Iowa. The Amish have a significant presence in that area. |
Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 02 May 2019 at 8:54am
| Around here, the Amish will not own a tractor or combine or anything that can propel itself. They will put an engine on something (like a baler for example), and pull it with horses. The Mennonites around here can own all that stuff, and leave the rubber tires on it, and drive vehicles too. In fact, they are the ones who usually cart the amish around. |
Posted By: Lonn
Date Posted: 02 May 2019 at 9:06am
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mdm1 wrote:Posted By: CrestonM
Date Posted: 02 May 2019 at 9:09am
| Wonder where do their “Rules” come from? |
Posted By: DennisA (IL)
Date Posted: 02 May 2019 at 11:02am
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My understanding why they don’t use air tires comes from the Bible. The air is the breath of God. Tires hold air so they are trapping God’s breath. ------------- Thanks & God Bless Dennis |
Posted By: AC7060IL
Date Posted: 02 May 2019 at 11:27am
| Seeing those gleaner F "steelies" brings back memories. Back in the late 1980s, I was privileged to work with a Mennonite farm family near New Holland, PA. They were great folks. One day while I was at their farm, the farmer explained to me their different levels of orders within their beliefs. Depending on each level, yes a tractor or farm machinery could be utilized, but may require steel wheels, while another level may allow rubber tires. Vehicles could be allowed if they were rid of any chrome - everything usually painted black or blue color. His Amish neighbor across the road farmed exclusively with horses. The Mennonite farmer also explained how the Amish also had different levels, but usually kept to more basic practices. So the Amish tend to add an engine to a baler, sprayer, chopper, etc while mostly being pulled with draft horses. Another day while on the mennonite farm, I noticed at the neighboring amish farm, a young boy push scootering from the house to the field all day long while carrying something on his scooter. So I asked about him to the Mennonite farmer who replied, "yeah that boy is shuttling batteries. He is taking discharged batteries to the field so their farm implement can charge them via a magneto hooked up to a rotating shaft. He then shuttles the newly charged batteries back to the house or buggy shed. Then the family can power something after dark & power their transport buggy's lights for night travel. |
Posted By: FREEDGUY
Date Posted: 02 May 2019 at 5:06pm
| I have seen both CIH 300 series and JD 7000 series tractors with "steel" locally in the past 4 years. As of now, NOT MFWD. |